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All the sales data for 2013 has been reported by every automaker, which means we have the numbers to sift through to find the 10 worst-selling vehicles of 2013. Unlike the best-sellers, this infamous list of ten isn't bragged about in press releases, so we have to compile the data ourselves.<p>Like …

We live in a blessed time - a time when you can buy not just one, but two (or three, or four) monstrously powerful, blazingly fast four-doors that can't only keep up with modern supercars, but in some instances, will outperform them as well. Two of the finest are the Audi RS7 and the refreshed …

Detroit may be in the midst of a Polar Vortex, but nonetheless it’s the place Porsche has chosen to take off the 911’s top again. The 2015 Porsche 911 Targa will be revealed next week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, making the new 911 Targa the latest variant of the …

With the reveal of the 2015 Lexus RC F set for next week’s Detroit auto show, Toyota has put BMW on notice again. The follow-up to the previous-generation Lexus IS F debuted this morning with two less doors, an LFA-inspired design, and more horsepower than before. The RC F won’t be the only new …

You can have one of over 44,000 colors. Choose wisely.<p>Just in case the standard Rolls-Royce Ghost isn't quite special enough for you, the company has just revealed a new limited edition Ghost called the'V-Specification.' The new car is still every inch a Rolls Royce—big, heavy, and …

If you've ever been to France, chances are you made an observation that the French dress quite differently than Americans do. It's not what they're wearing per se -- it seems like sneakers and pink coats are popular everywhere these days -- but <i>how</i> they're wearing the trends.<p>The French might say it …

Miley Cyrus now has her very own Marc Jacobs ad.<p>Spotted by the folks at Nylon in the new February magazines, the new ad features Miley and her signature tattoos brooding in Marc Jacobs' Spring 2014 collection. Yes, the voice of "Wrecking Ball" and "We Can't Stop" has officially landed her first …

The 2013 Ballon D'Or, or European Footballer of the Year, is announced on Monday in Zurich, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery the nominated trio up for the award.<p>There is one player who isn't on the final shortlist but had an equally remarkable 2013 as Ronaldo, Messi and …

BlackBerry is fighting for its rightful place in in the smartphone market, especially when it comes to keyboards.<p>Last Friday the company filed a lawsuit against Typo, an LA-based startup that makes a physical keyboard accessory for the iPhone. Co-founded by American Idol presenter Ryan Seacrest, …

WhatsApp may lead the mobile messaging space with 400 million monthly users, while Snapchat is taking the youth market in the US and Kik is quietly growing, but don’t discount Facebook. As I wrote last month, the company’s dedicated messaging app — Facebook Messenger — was given new features and …

Four small preschool children are sitting in a semi-circle around their teacher, in a large, bright room in a Georgian house in Bath. The nursery belongs to the Snapdragons chain, one of the first in the UK to offer iPads to its children soon after the tablet was launched in April 2010. The shelves …

Samsung has admitted that the public didn't see much difference between the Galaxy S III and S4 smartphones and said the S5 would likely pack a substantially different design. Exec Lee Young Hee told <i>Bloomberg</i> that the new flagship will go "back to basics," adding that "mostly, it's about the …

The iPhone 4 was the most traded-in smartphone of 2013, with owner Apple the brand most consumers chose to exchange for cash<p>Data collected throughout last year found the 16GB version of the model made up an average 8.94 per cent of all smartphone trade-ins throughout the year, peaking at 9.82 per …

It's amazing how quickly LeBron James rendered the debate between himself and Carmelo Anthony irrelevant.<p>Heading into the spring of 2003, James' place as the No. 1 NBA draft pick wasn't necessarily predestined. In April of that year, the <i>New York Post</i>'s Mike Vaccaro wrote of the choice between the …

On November 21, 2013, a jury ruled that Samsung owed Apple more than $290 million in additional damages in its patent infringement lawsuit. This case–one in an ongoing series of trials–brought the total awards to Apple to about $930 million. A jury last year had already ruled that Samsung had …

When designing a smartwatch, the general trend is to start with a basic timepiece and add features until physics or budgets get in the way. That's not the approach taken by 19-year-old Canadian Simon Tian when he developed the Pine by Neptune. Instead, he took to Kickstarter with the idea of just …

The announcement of the Bafta nominations brings into focus the varying merits of two very different kinds of movies: Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, leading the list with 11 nominations, and Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, just behind with 10.<br>The astronaut-thriller Gravity with Sandra Bullock and …